The market is bleeding from red candles, and this is all because of a strong information background from China, where the fight against mining and cryptocurrency is in full swing. It all started a month ago when the news broke that the Chinese authorities intend to take measures against the mining of cryptocurrencies and bitcoin trading.
Now the government's intention has moved into action. By June 20, five Chinese provinces have banned the operation of mining centers in their territories, which provoked a wave of outflow of capacity to the west.
In simple terms, miners are urgently fleeing from China to the west, which is confirmed by information from logistics companies that have already received orders to transport a large amount of equipment to the United States.
Due to the outflow and ban of miners, the amount of computing power of the first cryptocurrency fell to the levels of autumn 2020, which is considered a very strong change in hash rate in such a short period of time.
The crypto nightmare did not end there. Yesterday, June 21, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) held a meeting with the country's key financial institutions, during which the regulator banned them from participating in transactions with cryptocurrencies and instructed them to stop such activities.
This is quite a strong blow to the crypto industry, but this is not the end. Let me remind you that Bitcoin is still a legitimate digital asset that can be owned by Chinese citizens. But if this right is taken away by the government, then hard times will come.
To slightly dilute your fears and concerns about the future of the crypto industry, I will remind you that banks, financial funds, insurance companies, corporations, as well as qualified market participants are still working with cryptocurrency and are actively studying it as a new asset for investment.
Bans, threats, and psychological interventions against cryptocurrencies are constantly present in the information flow. This is not the first time China has conducted a sweep, and it is worth being vigilant now more than ever, as the speculative rollercoaster still takes place.
What happens on the trading chart?
The first cryptocurrency (Bitcoin) has been losing value for a week, but we still do not have any drastic changes. The quotes move in a fairly wide side channel in the range of $30,000 - $41,500. Three consecutive amplitudes in the established channel again led us to the lower limit of $30,000, where, together with the information flow, many traders were afraid of a possible breakdown.
There is fear since holding the price below $30,000 will lead to panic selling, and this will lower the quotes by $3,000-$5,000 in a short period of time.
In this case, sitting on the fence and analyzing the information flow is considered the most optimal trading tactic, but if you have a speculative portfolio, then you can play on local changes in the quotes.
In simple terms, if the bitcoin rate drops to $30,000, then we work on local short positions. After that, we analyze the scale of the weakening and buy back the cheaper BTC.
